3353 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Zeus/rider) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (Solidus, 6, July 2015, 27)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3353

309 BCE - 275 BCE | ΣΕΥΘΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 439 - Seuthopolis over uncertain mint.png [1]

Overstruck variety

Cassander lion crouching.jpeg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Solidus numismatik, 6, 19 July 2015, 27 = CNG, Esale 15 November 2023, 51

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Male head (Zeus? Seuthes?) right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΕΥΘΟΥ (Greek) Horsman (Seuthes?) riding to right. Below, star.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Seuthopolis

Ancient regionAncient region.

Thrace

Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Seuthes III (king of the Odrysian kingdom, c. 331-300 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 309 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 275 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.434.43 g <br />4,430 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Sear I1Sear I, n° 1725, SNG Stancomb2SNG Stancomb, n° 294, HGC 3.23HGC 3.2, n° 1713-1714

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΚΑΣΣΑΝ - ΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Lion reclining right

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:

Pella

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

Cassander (regent and king of Macedonia, 317-297 BC), Macedonian kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 317 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 305 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	Gaebler 19354Gaebler 1935, p. 176, n° 1-2 var., HGC 3.15HGC 3.1, n° 995
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/cassander.amng.iii.2.1-2

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Überprägung"; "overstruck on an issue of Kassander (HGC 3, 992). VF. An interesting example of an overstrike with the undertype plainly visible"